The head of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) has accepted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s request for corporations to help the country expand child care services, to the tune of about ¥300 billion ($2.7 billion). Sadayuki Sakakibara ... ( read original story ...)
Dental Laser Therapy Applications in Japan Suggest New Markets for US Dentistry
Dr. Nelson Marquina RICHMOND, VA, UNITED STATES, December 1, 2017 — Dr. Nelson Marquina, MSc, PhD traveled to Japan to teach the first US university-certified laser therapy training program for Japanese dentists. While there, he visited the dental clinic ... ( read original story ...)
Behind Japan’s Corporate ‘Culture of Concealment’
A look into why Japan’s once sterling corporate reputation has taken such a hit amid a number of high-profile scandals in recent years. Also in the programme, a deep dive into why the nation's efforts to make it easier for women to return to work after ... ( read original story ...)
Major Japanese crypto exchange lands in the US
The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, Japan-based bitFlyer ... Sarah Kocianski, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, has put together a report that compiles various fintech ... ( read original story ...)
Melco Resorts & Entertainment advances plans for potential integrated resort in Japan
Its business also includes the Mocha Clubs (www.mochaclubs.com ... Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.For media enquiries, please contact:Japanese media ( read original story ...)
The Great Japan Earthquake of 1923
The first shock hit at 11:58 a.m., emanating from a seismic fault six miles beneath the floor of Sagami Bay, 30 miles south of Tokyo. A 60- by 60-mile segment of the Philippine oceanic plate ruptured and thrust itself against the Eurasian continental plate ... ( read original story ...)
The economic lessons Japan can teach the West
We need a new experiment, one that allows the possibility of failures. "In order to take the Japanese society forward younger people, or those who experienced foreign business or the intellectual world, [should be able to] voice more freely to senior people." ( read original story ...)
9 Best Business Hotels In Osaka, Japan
Osaka is known all over the world as the home of Universal Studios, Japan - among other things - but it is also home to bustling businesses, which makes it a familiar place for many business travelers. If you’re traveling to Osaka for the first time, you ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s biggest crypto-exchange is coming to the US — and it’s hoping to solve one of bitcoin’s biggest problems
bitFlyer, the largest bitcoin exchange in Japan, is launching in the US. The firm's US Chief Operating Officer told Business Insider the expansion will provide new liquidity to the US market, which will entice institutional investors to dive into the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Toray, a Major Supply Chain Link, Says It Falsified Data
Its former chief executive, Sadayuki Sakakibara, is now the chairman of Keidanren, the influential business organization that lobbies on behalf of Japan’s largest companies. On Monday, before Toray’s revelations, Mr. Sakakibara warned at a news ... ( read original story ...)
A ‘ghost ship’ containing the skeletons of 8 people washed up in Japan — and authorities think it’s from North Korea
Map showing the proximity between Akita prefecture, Sado, and North Korea. Google Maps/Business Insider Last week, Japanese police also found eight men who claimed to be North Korean fishermen in Yurihonjo, a nearby city in Akita prefecture, 50 miles from Oga. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo, Once a Cigarette Haven, Could Finally Kick Out the Smokers
TOKYO — This is a compliant city ... Still, as strong as the impulse is to follow the rules, the culture of smoking is also ingrained. And smoking is big business. A law completely banning indoor smoking is “a totalitarian idea,” said Motoki Takeda ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Metro Government’s incubator unveils young entrepreneurs from 4th batch
held this year at a new venue near Tokyo Tower, is an event styled to present young, entrepreneurial-minded individuals and their startup business concepts that will contribute to society with global impact in genres like technology, communications ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Metro shows off 60-year-old subway cars
Three subway cars that operated in Japan and Argentina for some 60 years in total were shown to the media in Tokyo on Monday after undergoing a thorough refurbishing. It is unusual for a train car to mark a 60-year anniversary, well beyond the standard ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks snap three-day winning streak
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks snapped a three-day winning streak Monday with profit-takers paring early gains ahead of the release of key economic data in the US and China. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which opened higher, lost 0.24 percent, or 54.86 points, to ... ( read original story ...)
Long-dormant earthquake faultline has awoken and could trigger a devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake – devastating New Zealand in MINUTES
They state the trench - running offshore from the top of the South Island to Gisborne in the north - can produce deadly 9.0 earthquakes and tsunamis powerful enough to reach residents in just seven minutes. 'We need to think Japan 2011 basically ... ( read original story ...)